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We hear a lot about smart cities from Brazil or Europe or even the Middle East, but the City of Ponca City may be one of the smartest cities you know, despite being a town of less than 30,000 people in the American Midwest.

Meet one of AEP Ohio’s newer line mechanics: Brandi Persch. She's assigned to a Columbus service center that serves the city’s southwest quadrant. Her journey to becoming a line mechanic began back in 1998 when she joined the company as a meter reader.

In the UK, electricity providers are required by the Grid Code to provide an automatic change in active power output in response to a frequency change, thus ensuring a consistent frequency across the grid. This mandatory frequency response (MFR) capability is a condition for generators connecting to the GB transmission system.

“The Internet of Things, empowered consumers, stringent regulations and digitization have changed the approach towards data in utility industry,” said Sudheer Warrier, vice president and global head of utilities for Tata Consultancy Services. “Utilities all over the world have more data than ever.” Here's how you deal with that.

In this latest installment of our women-in-energy article series, we talk to Deidrea A. Miller, strategic communications manager focused on web and social media management for the New York Power Authority (NYPA).

Yesterday, I had the privilege of sitting in on a meeting at Oncor in Dallas. But, it wasn’t just any ol’ meeting. The gathering featured insiders of the Utility Analytics Institute’s Executive Advisory Council. Here's what I talked to them about. Tell me what you think.

China's now the largest energy producer and the largest energy consumer in the world, overtaking the U.S., finally, in areas like oil, coal and natural gas—and, of course, they’ve been the largest power generator around the globe since 2011. If you know nothing else about the Chinese power powerhouse, here are 5 facts to start a watercooler conversation today.

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